Well-Adorned: Chanel's Première Watch

The timepiece that forayed the house into horlogerie reissued 26 years later.

Its major components echo certain details of a storied house: the faceted case, shaped like the stopper on a bottle of No. 5; the bracelet, resembling the straps on those iconic quilted handbags. But what's brilliant about it is how those simple elements add up to so much. It's a thing hard-edged yet delicate, minimalist and decorative all at once, a yin-yang balance of sophisticated Gallic cool that feels like the very opposite of trendy.

From $19,000; 800-550-0005.

The Première is the kind of accessory that's equally at home on the wrist of a woman at 20 as it will be when she turns 50, the embodiment of the effortless, timeless chic pioneered by Mlle Coco herself.

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